A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank; but univested with heritable honours (Volume 1) online

sons,

John.

William, m. to Isabel Dudley, and had
a son, William.
The elder son,

John Delafield, esq. m. in 1610, Eliza-
beth, dau. and heir of Thomas Hampden,
son of John Hampden, of Hampden, in
Bucks, and had four sons, John, William,
James, and Thomas. The eldest,

John Delafield, esq. espoused, in 1636,
Elizabeth Brooke, and was fa her of

John Delafield, esq. born 1637. This
gentleman, having entered into foreign
service, participated in the triumphs of
Prince Eugene of Savoy, and at the glorious
engagement of Zenta, against the Turks,
led on by the grand vizier in person, having
taken a standard from the infidels, was
created, a count of the holy Roman
Empire in 1697. Count Delafield left issue,
i. John.

ii. Leopold, a count of the holy Roman
Empire, who married and settled
abroad. His grandson,

Count Leopold DELAFiELD,weddcr!
a daughter of Count Goltz, and
had a son,

Count LeopoldDelafield,w1io
was shot in a duel at Paris
in 1817.
in. Theophilus.
The eldest son,

John Delafield, esq. b. in 1656, married
Mary, daughter of James Heanage or Head-
age, and was s. by his son,



* By his wife, the Laclv Joan Beaufort, daugh-
ter of Edniond, Duke of Somerset, grandson of
John of Gaunt.



John Delafield, esq. b. in 1692, who
wedded Sarah, daughter of James Good-r
win, esq. and had three sons and a daughter,
viz.

John.
Thomas
Joseph.

Mary, m. to E. Unsworth, esq.
The eldest son,

John Delafield, esq. espoused Martha,
daughter of John Dele, esq. of Aylesbury,
Bucks, and had issue,

John, settled abroad, a count of the
holy Roman Empire, as inherited
from his great - great - grandfather,
John. Count Delafield m. Mary,
daughter of George Tollemache, esq.
and has, with younger children, a
son,

John, who m. first, Mary, daugh-
ter and heiress of John Roberts,
esq. of Whitchurch, in the county
of Bucks ; and secondly, his
cousin, Miss Elizabeth Tolle-
mache.
Joseph, the present Joseph Delafield,

esq. of Camden Hill.
William, died unmarried.
Martha, m. to Thomas Arnold, esq. of
Slatwoods, in the Isle of Wight, and
has issue,

Thomas Arnold, in holy orders,
who m. Mary, daughter of —
Penrose, esq.
Lydia Arnold, m. to Richard, pre-
sent Earl of Cavan.
Mary, died unmarried.

Arms — Sable, a cross patonce or. The
escutcheon borne on the breast of the impe-
rial eagle of Germany, as granted in the
German patent: supported by two lions
arg. and surmounted by the coronet of a
count of the holy Roman Empire.

Crest — A dove displayed, holding in its
beak an olive branch, ppr.

Mottoes — Insignia fortunas paria ; and
.ifcst, signifying pirn, said to have been
given after the battle of Zenta.

quarterings.
Fitzwarine. Grey.

Montacute. Howard.

Butler. Hampden, &c.

Town Residence — Bryanstone Square.

Seal — Camden Hill, Middlesex.



545



LONGFIELD, OF LONGUEVILLE.



LONGFIELD, JOHN, esq. of Longueville, in the county of Cork, b. in May, 1767,

m. in October, J 797, Eleanor, only daughter of John
Lucas, esq. of Mount Lucas, in the King's County, and
has issue,

Richard, high-sheriff for the county of Cork, in 1833,
wedded Harriette-Elizabeth, dau. of John M'Clin-
tock, esq. of Drumear, in the county of Louth.

John, an officer in the army.

Margaret, in. to Thomas Wood, esq. of Preston Tower
in Northumberland.

Elizabeth.

This gentleman, who served for twenty years in the
army, and had, on his retirement, the rank of lieutenant-
colonel, is a magistrate for the county of Cork, for which
shire he served the office of sheriff in 1829.




Hmtage.



The family of Longfield claims to be
descended from the Longchamps of Nor-
mandy,* who accompanied the Conqueror
in his expedition into England, and having
acquired grants of land, were summoned
to parliament as tenants in Capite.

William Longfield, esq. living in the
reign of James II., forfeited large estates by
his adhesion to that ill fated prince. His
descendants are now extinct.
His younger brother,

John Longfield, esq. espoused Miss
Hownby, and died 22nd April, 1730, leav-
ing issue,

Robert, his heir.

John, b. 24th June, 1697, who in. 21st
September, 1738, Miss Westrop, and
left, at his decease, 1st April, 1765,
two sons,

1. John, of whom presently as heir
to Lord Longueville

2. Mountiford, MP. for Enniscor-
thy,who inherited fiom his cousin
Lord Longueville, the estates of
Castle May. He m. Miss Bate-
man.

William, b. in 1710, who wedded Miss
Goodman, and died in 1771, leaving
a son, the late Doctor Longfield of
Cork.
The eldest son,

* Plnyfair.



Robert Longfield, esq. was of Longue-
ville, in the county of Cork, in. in 1731,
Miss Gearing, and had issue,

John, b. 3rd July, 1733, who m. Miss
Tilson, and left at his demise, an only
son,

Robert, who m. Miss O'Callaghan,
only daughter of Thomas O'Cal-
laghan, esq. and sister to Cor-
nelius, first Lord Lismore, by
whom he left no issue at his de-
cease in 1775.
Richard.
The second son,

Richard Longfield, esq. of Longueville,
who sat for several years in the parliament of
his native country, as member for the city of
Cork, was created in 1795, Baron Longueville
of Longueville, and advanced in 1800, to the
Viscounty of Longueville. His lordship,
who was governor of the county of Cork and
a representative peer for Ireland, wedded in
1756, Margaret, daughter of Richard White,
esq. of Bantry, and aunt to Richard, pre-
sent Earl of Bantry, but dying s. p. in
1811, the honors expired, while the greater
portion of his lordship's estates devolved
on his cousin,

John Longfield, esq. of Longueville, who
espoused Miss Elizabeth Foster, first cousin
to the late Right Hon. John Foster, Lord
Oriel, and had issue,
John, his heir.



546



BAKER, OF ELEMORE.



Mountiford, in holy orders, rector of

Desert Diocese, county of Cork.
Henry.
Patience, m. to the late John Wallis,

esq. of Dreshane, in the county of

Cork.
Elizabeth, m. to the late George Stawell,

esq. of Crobeg.
Mr. Longfield, who represented the borough
of Mallow in parliament, died in 1815, and



was s. by his eldest son, the present John
Longfield, esq. of Longueville.

Arms — Gu. achevronerm. between seven
cross crosslets fitchee.

Crest — Out of a ducal coronet, a demi
lion rampant.

Motto — Parcere subjectis.

Estates — In the counties of Cork and
Limerick.

Seat — Longueville, near Mallow.



BAKER, OF ELEMORE.

BAKER, GEORGE, esq. of Elemore Hall, in the county of Durham, to. Isabella,
daughter of John Dalton, esq. of Sleningford, in Yorkshire, by Isabella, sister and
co-heir of Sir Cecil Wray, bart. and has an only daughter,

Isabella, m. to her cousin, Henry Tower, esq. younger son of Charles Tower, esq.
and has issue.

Mr. Baker s. his father in 1774, and stood, in 1813, a severe contest with George
Allan, esq- of Blackwell Grange, for the representation of the city of Durham, but un-
successfully.




William Baker, who died in 1597, was
s. by his son,

Oswald Baker, of the city of Durham,
who m. 28th November, 1592J Mary Heron,
and had two sons, viz.

1. William, of the city of Durham,
baptised 19th August, 1593, died in
1642, leaving no surviving issue.

2. George (Sir), of whom presently.
Oswald Baker died in May, 1608. His
widow married William Smith, esq. barris-
ter-at-law, 3rd October, in the same year,
and died in 1642. The second son,

Sir George Baker, knt. barrister-at-law,
was clerk of the Chancery of Durham, and
recorder of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He m.



5th February, 1621-2, Elizabeth, daughter
of Thomas Liddell, esq. of Ravensworth
Castle, in the county of Durham, (after-
wards a baronet) and had four sons, of
whom one only survived him. This gentle-
man, one of the loyal defenders of New-
castle, purchased, about the year 1635,
Crook Hall, in the county of Durham, in
which he was s. at his decease in August,
1667, by his son,

George Baker, esq. of Crook Hall, who
m. Margaret, daughter of Thomas Forster,
esq. of Edderstone, in Northumberland, and
had issue,

1. George, his successor.

2. Thomas, in holy orders, a distin-
guished scholar and antiquary, b. at
Crook Hall, 16th September, 1656,
A.B.of St. John's College,Cambridge,
1679 ; A.M. in 1681 ; collated to the
rectory of Long Newton, in the county
of Durham in 1687; resigned that
rectory 1st August, 1690; ejected
from his Fellowship of St. John's
College, 20th January, 1716 ; d. 2nd
July, 1740, at the advanced age of
84, buried in the Ante-Chapel, of
St. John's College.

3. Ralph, d. in 1666.

4. Francis, of Tanfield, in the county



CONSTABLE, OF WASSAND.



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all of whom
d. s. p.



of Durham, in. 13th February, 1700,
Margaret Foster, and had issue,

George,

Ferdinando,

Francis,

John, an alderman
of Newcastle,

Magdalen,

Margaret,

5. Margaret, m. to John Hunter, gent.
of the county of Durham.

6. Elizabeth, in. first, to the Rev.
Charles Basire, M.A. rector of Bol-
don, county of Durham, and secondly,
in 1691, to Zachary Whittingham,
gent, of Holmside, in the same shire.

Mr. Baker d. 14th October, 1677, and was
s. by his eldest son,

George Baker, esq. of Crook Hall, b. 1st
August, 1654, who in. Elizabeth, only dau.
and heir of Samuel Davison, esq. of Win-
gate Grange, in the county of Durham,
(third son of Sir Alexander Davison, of
Blakiston, by Elizabeth, daughter and co-
heir of John Cosin, lord bishop of Durham)
and dying in 1699, was s. by his only son,

George Baker, esq. of Crookhall. This
gentleman m. Elizabeth, only dau. and heir
of Thomas Conyers, esq. of Elemore, in the
county of Durham, M.P. for the city of



Durham, by whom he acquired that estate,
and had issue,

Conyers, who d. in infancy.
George, his successor.
Margaret, in. to Edward Shipperdson,
esq. of Piddington Hall Garth, in the
county of Durham, (see p. 109).
Mr. Baker, who represented the city of
Durham in parliament in the 12th Anne,
and 1st and 7th George I. died at Bristol,
1st June, 1723, and was s. by his son,

George Baker, esq. of Elemore Hall,
who espoused Judith, daughter and co-heir
of Cuthbert Routh, esq. of Dinsdale, in the
county of Durham, (by Judith, daughter of
Sir Ralph Milbanke, bart. of Halnaby, in
Yorkshire,) and had issue,
George, his successor.
Elizabeth, m. to Christopher Thomas
Tower, esq. of Weald Hall, in
Essex.
Mr. Baker d. 15th May, 1774, aged fifty-one,
and was s. by his only son, the present
George Baker, esq. of Elemore Hall.

Arms — Arg. on a saltire azure, five escal-
lops on the first, on a chief azure, a lion
passant arg.

Estates — In the counties of Durham and
Northumberland.

Seat — Elemore Hall.



CONSTABLE, OF WASSAND.



CONSTABLE, THE REV. CHARLES, of Wassand, in the county of York, b.

25th April, 1773, to. in June, 1796, Lucy, daughter
of Jonathan Acklom, esq. of Wiseton, and has an only
daughter,

Mary, who wedded, in 1818, George, eldest son of Sir
William Strickland, bart. by whom she has issue,
Charles-William Strickland, b. in 1819.
Frederick Strickland, b. in 1820.
Henry Strickland, b. in lb21.
Lucy-Henrietta Strickland.

Mr. Constable s. to the estates upon the demise of his
uncle, 6th July, 1812. He is in the commission of the
peace for the three ridings of Yorkshire.




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CONSTABLE, OF WASSAND.



Htnrage.



From the Constableship of Chester, which
it formerly enjoyed, this family derives its
surname. Soon after the Norman conquest,
William having conferred on Hugh de
Abrincis the palatinate of Chester, to hold
" ita libere ad gladium sicut ipse rex tene-
bat Angliam ad coronam," that nobleman,
for the greater efficiency of his government,
nominated eight barons under himself being
according to Camden, "all his trusty
friends:" Of these the chief was Nigell, the
cousin of Hugh, whom the Earl created
Baron of Halton, and appointed, in recom-
pense for his bold and daring exploits,
Constable of Chester, then an officer of
a high rank, to whom was committed the
command of all the soldiers, with the charge
of the horses, armour, and other munitions
of war. This

Nigell, son of Ivon, Viscount Constan-
tine, in Normandy, by Emma, sister to
Adam, Earl of Bretagne, was father of

William Fitz Nigell, Constable of Ches-
ter, founder of the abbey of Norton, whose
daughter,

Agnes, heiress to her brother William,
espoused Eustace Fitz John, one of the
most potent among the Northern barons in
the reign of Henry I. This Eustace was
son of John Monoculus, Lord of Knares-
borough, brother and heir of Serlo de Burgh,
who erected, temp William the Conqueror,
the castle of Knaresborough. By his first
wife, Agnes, Eustace acquired the Barony
of Halton, &c. and had an only son, Richard
Fitz Eustace. He wedded secondly, Bea-
trice, only daughter and heiress of Ivo de
Vesci, Lord of Alnwick, in Northumberland,
and of Malton in Yorkshire, and had issue,
William, ancestor of the great baronial

House of Vescy.
Jeffery.
This Eustace Fitz John, who founded the
abbeys of Alnwick, in Northumberland, and
of Walton and Malton, in Yorkshire, was
slain in the wars against the Welsh, with
Robert de Courcy, and many others in the
first year of Henry II. His eldest son,

Richard Fitz Eustace, inheriting the
honors of his mother, became Baron of Hal-
ton and Constable of Chester. He wed-
ded Albreda, daughter and heiress of Eudo
de Lizours, and half sister (by the mother)
of Robert de Lacy, Baron of Pontefract,
and had issue,

John, his heir.

Robert, the Hospitaller.

Roger, Lord of Warkworth, in Nor-



thumberland, from whom sprang the
great Northern House of Clavering.
(See Clavering of Callaly, p. 237).
The eldest son and heir, John, becoming
heir to his half uncle, Robert de Lacy, as-
sumed that surname, and inherited, as

John de Lacy, the Baronies of Halton
and Pontefract, with the Constableship of
Chester. This feudal chief, who was Lord of
Flambro, Baron of Halton, and Constable of
Chester, had two sons,

Roger, Constable of Chester, Lord of
Halton and Pontefract, who gave to
his brother Robert the Lordship of
Flambro'. He participated in the
achievements of the Lion hearted
Richard, and was ancestor of the
Laeys, Earls of Lincoln. (See
Burke's Extinct and Dormant Peer-
age).
Robert.
The second son,

Robert de Lacy, or Constable, who ob-
tained from his elder brother Roger, a grant
of the Lordship of Flamburgh, wedded a
Lady, named Agnes, but of what family is
not recorded, and had a son and successor,
William Constable, of Flamburgh, living
in 1260, father of

Sir Robert Constable, of Flamburgh,
who was knighted with three hundred others
at the grand festival of Whitsontide in the
34th year of the reign of Edward I. when
that monarch in order to augment the splen-
dour of his court, and the glory of his in-
tended expedition into Scotland, conferred
the same honor on his eldest son, the Earl
of Carnarvon. Sir Robert was succeeded
at his decease by his son,

Sir Marmaduke Constable, knt. of
Flamburgh, who served the office of sheriff
for Yorkshire, in the 40th Edward III.
His son and successor,

Sir William Constable, knt. of Flam-
burgh, wedded the daughter of the Lord
Fitz Hugh, and was s. by his son,

Sir Robert Constable, knt. of Flam-
burgh, high sheriff for the county of York,
in the 8th 9th and 18th of Richard II. He

m. daughter of William Skipwith, and

left a son and heir,

Sir Marmaduke Constable, knt. of
Flamburgh, who married Catherine, daugh-
ter of Robert Cumberworth, and was suc-
ceeded by his son,

Sir Robert Constable, of Flamburgh,
who received the honor of knighthood before
the 16th of Henry VI., in which year as



CONSTABLE, OF WASSAND.



519



well as in the 2nd and 3rd of Edward IV.,
he was sheriff of the county. Sir Robert
wedded Agnes, daughter of Sir William
Gascoigne of Gawthorp, and sister to the
Lord Chief Justice Gascoigne, so eminently
distinguished in the reign of Henry IV.
and was succeeded, at his demise, by his
son,

Sir Robert Constable, knt. of Flam-
burgh, sheriff for Yorkshire, 19th Edward
IV. and M.P. for that county. This gentle-
man m. Agnes, daughter of Sir Roger Went-
worth, knt. of Nettlested, in the county of
Suffolk, and dying in 1488, left issue,

I. Marmaduke (Sir), of Flamburgh,
surnamed the Little, born in 1443.
This gallant person, an eminent mili-
tary commander, shared, with his four
sons, in the glory of Flodden.* He
m. first, Joyce, daughter of Sir Hum-
phrey Stafford, and secondly, Mar-
gery, daughter of Lord Fitz Hugh,
by the former of whom alone he left
issue, at his decease in 1518, namely,
1. Robert (Sir), of Flamburgh,
who was knighted 17th June,
1497, at the battle of Blackheath,
for his signal services against the
Cornish rebels. Subsequently



* For his distinguished service on that occa-
sion, Henry VIII. addressed to Sir Marmaduke,
the following autograph letter ;

Henry.

By the King.

Trustye and welbeloved wee greete you well
and und r stand aswell by the reapport of o r right
trustye cousyn and consailor the Due of Norff :
as otherwayes what acceptable service Yee amongs
other latly did unto us by yo r valiant towardness
in th assisting of our said cousvn against our
great enemy the late King of Scots and how cou-
rageouslye yee as a veray berry loving Knight
acquitted yourself for Ye overthrow of the said
King and distrustinge of his malice and powait to
our great honor and th avancement of your no
little fame and praise, for the which wee have
good cause to favour and thank you — and soe wee
full hertily doe — And assured yee may be that
wee shall in such effectuall wise remember yo r
said service in any yo r reasonable po r pects as
yee shall cause to thinke the same right well ym-
ployed to yo r comfort and weale hereafter and
spially because yee (notwithstanding our licence
to you granted by reason of your great age and
impotency to take yo r ease and liberty) did thus
kindly and dyligently to your peyne serve us at this
time which require longe thankes and remem-
brance accordingly — Yeven under our Signet at
our Castele of Wyndeshore the xxvi day of No-
vembre 1514

Indorsed.

To our Trustye and well boloved Knight
for our body Sir, Marmaduke, the elder.



however, taking part in the Lin-
colnshire commotions excited by
Lord Hussey, he was attainted
and executed at Hull. Sir Ro-
bert left issue by his wife, Jane,
daughter of Sir William Ingleby
of Ripley, a son and heir,
Sir Marmaduke Constable
of Nuneaton in Warwick-
shire, which estate he had
acquired by grant from the
Crown. This gentleman
wedded Elizabeth, daughter
of Thomas, Lord D'Arcy, of
D'Arcy, K. G. and was 5. at
his decease in 1559, by his
son,

Robert Constable, esq. of
Flamburgh, who in. first,
Dorothy, daughter of Sir
William Gascoigne, and se-
condly, Dorothy, daughter
of Sir John Widdrington, by
the latter of whom, he left
a son and successor,

Sir Robert Constable, knt.
of Flamburgh, who espoused
Ann, daughter of John Hus-
sey, esq. of North Duffield,
and dying in 1660, was s. by
his son,

Sir William Constable, who
was created a Baronet in
1611, but dying s. p. in 1655,
this, the senior line of the
family, expired with the title.
Sir William was buried in
Westminster Abbey.

2. Marmaduke (Sir), ancestor of
the Constables of Everingham,
now represented by William
Constable-Maxwell, esq. (see
family of Constable-Maxwell
of Everingham and Carlaverock.)

3. William (Sir), of Hatfield.

4. John (Sir), of Knowlton.

11. John in holy orders, dean of Lin-
coln.

in. Philip.

iv. Robert of Cliffe, serjeant-at-law.

v. William, of whom we are about to
treat.

vi. Elizabeth, m. to Thomas Metham,
esq.

vii. Margaret, m. to Sir William Ever.

VIII. Agnes, m. first, to Sir Gervase
Clifton, and secondly, to Walter
Griffith, esq.

ix. Margery, m. to Sir Ralph Bijot.

x. Anne, m. to Sir William Tyrwhitt,
of Ketilby, knight banneret.

xi. Catherine, m. to Sir Ralph Ryder.
The fifth and youngest son,
William Constable, esq. of Caythorpe,



550



CONSTABLE, OF WASSAND.



living in 1528, espoused Joan, daughter of
Roger Fulthorpe, by whom, (who purchased
in 1530, the estate of Wassand, and was in-
terred at Rudston,) he had a son and suc-
cessor,

Marmaduke Constable, esq. of Wassand,
in the county of York, who to. Miss Stokes,
of Goxhill, and was*, at his decease in 1568,
by his son,

Marmaduke Constable, esq. of Wassand,
who wedded Catherine Holme, of Paul
Holme, and was succeeded by his son,

Marmaduke Constable, esq. of Wassand,
born in 1568. This gentleman espoused
Eliza Shirley, and dying in 1607, was in-
terred in York Minster. His son and heir,

Philip Constable, esq. of Wassand, m.
Mary, daughter of Ralph Moore, esq. by
whom (who died in 1678, at the advanced
age of eighty-one) he left at his decease in
1618, being slain in a duel with Edward
Percy, esq. a son and heir,

Marmaduke Constable, esq. of Wassand,
who married Frances, daughter of Sir J.
Buck, of Filey, and was *. in 1680, by his

son,

Marmaduke Constable, esq. of Wassand,

who wedded Faith, daughter of Sir Nicholas
Yarborough, of Snaith, and had a son, his
successor in 1690,

Yarborough Constable, esq. of Was-
sand. This gentleman w. Rosamond, daugh-
ter of John Eastoft, esq. of Eastoft, and had
issue,

Marmaduke, his heir.

John, who left an only son, Henry, who

died s. p.
Thomas.

Rosamond, to. to Francis Best, esq.
Betty, who d. s. p.
Mr. Constable died in 1731, aged fifty-five,
and was succeeded by his son,

Marmaduke Constable, esq. of Wassand,
who espoused Mary, daughter of Thomas
Worsley, esq. of Hovingham, and had issue,
I. Marmaduke, his heir.



II. Thomas, in holy orders, who m.
Sarah, daughter of Charles Goultou,
esq. and had issue,

Charles, heir to his uncle.
Marmaduke, who to. in 1807, Oc-
tavia, daughter of General Hale,
by whom (who died in 1824) he
has no issue.
Sarah, who d. s. p. in 1798.
Rachael-Mary-Anne, to. in 1808,
to James Salmond, esq. and had
one son, Edward Salmond, who
died s. p. in 1821.
Frances-Elizabeth, to. in 1814, to
the Rev. William Bentinck, pre-
bendary of Westminster, eldest
son of Lord Edward Charles
Cavendish Bentinck.
ill. Mary, to. to Jonathan Acklom, esq.

of Wiseton.
tv. Rosamond, who died s. p. in 1801.
Mr. Constable died in 1762, aged fifty-eight,
and was s. by his elder son,

Marmaduke Constable, esq. of Wassand,
at whose decease, without issue, in 1812, the
estates devolved upon his nephew, the pre-
sent Rev. Charles Constable, of Wassand.
Arms— Quarterly ; Gu. and vairy, over
all, a bend or. Quartering the ensigns of
Eastoft, viz. sa. six escallops, three, two,
and one.

Crests — First, a ship with tackle, guns,
and apparel, all or, for Constable. Second,
a stork with an eel in its mouth.

Estates— In the East and West Ridings
of Yorkshire.

Seat— Wassand, near Hull, the family
residence since 1530. The old mansion was
pulled down in 1813, and a new one erected
by the present proprietor.

%* The Wass and Constables have, at
various periods, filled the office of sheriff" for
Yorkshire. From Robert de Lacy, Con-
stabu. Ce-striae, in 1206, to Robert Constable,
esq. in 1701, twenty-eight members of the
Constable family were high sheriff's of York-
shire.



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CRAWFURD, OF CROSBY.

CRAWFURD, ROBERT, esq. of Newfield, in the shire of Ayr, commandant of

its yeomanry, and one of its deputy-
lieutenants, m. in 1813, Frances, dau.
of the late Henry O'Brien, seq. of Bla-
ther wick Park, Northamptonshire, and
has issue,

Robert.

Patrick-Reginald.

Frances.

Emma.

Julia.

Letitia.

This gentleman, who is now male representative of the Craufurds, of Craufurd,
Loudoun, Crosby, &c. inherited the estates at the decease of his father, in 1794.
He was formerly a captain in the 7th Hussars, and served with that regiment in the
Peninsula.

Htnraae.




The family of Crawfurd is of Norman
origin, and appears to descend from one of
those knights who accompanied Malcolm
Canmore from England, and encouraged by
grants of land from that prince, settled in
Scotland. In the Chartularies, Advocates
Library, Edinburgh, mention is made of a
Reginald de Crawfurd in the beginning of
the 12th century. He assumed his name
(agreeably to the practice of the age) from
his barony of Crawfurd, in Clydesdale, sig-
nifying in Gaellic, "the pass of blood."*
In 1127 there were two knights (brothers,
and sons most probably of this Reginald)
Sir John and Sir Gregan Crawfurd, both in
the service of King David I. In commemo-
ration of that monarch's life, having been
preserved when hunting in Holy rood Park,